Pipe and tube cutter



Sept. 6 19490 QUIJADA PIPE AND TUBE CUTTER 2 Sheeis-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 15, 1.947

INVENTOR. ou/s QU/JADA A 7' TOR/V5 V Sept. 6, 1949. L. QUHJADA 294819446 PIPE AND TUBE CUTTER Filed Dec. 15, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVEN TOR. LOU/5 QU/JADA ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 6, 1949 rec s TATES PATENT canoe l 2,481,446 I I PIPE AND TUBECUTT'ER Louis Quijada, Alhambra, Calif. -Applicatioh December 15, 1947, Serial Fla-791,829

' 4 Claims. 1

This "invention relates tofpipe -or' tube cutting devices, and has for its principal objectto provide a power-driven cutting machine of'this character, which is relativelyinexpensive and 'ef- -ficient and will allow the cutting edge to be maintained without deterioration during a' relatively *great number-of cutting operations.

Ithas heretofore been a -practice in -the art of pipe and :tube 'cuttingfto place a th pipe-or tube upon-a pair of idler rollers-which are. placed close enough together-so that the pipe or tube will rest on-the cylindricalsurface of each roller. To perform the cutting operation a cutting disc has been-placed abovethepipe'tobe cut and power has-been applied-t0 the cutter to rotate it with its cutting edge againstthepipe. The rotation of the cutter correspondingly rotates the pipe or tube beingcuttogether with =the-idler members on =which it rests; and during the rotation the cutting edge cuts around the circumference-of the pipe or tube untilit-issevered.

Moreover, owing to the fact that the cutting edge-isperforming boththe-rotating and the cutting operations, amore-ragged cut isobtained than otherwise, 'and there is considerable wear andtear on the cuttingedge.

In accordance with my present invention, I overcome -the disadvantages of such prior types of cutting machines by :powering --the rollers on which the :pipe -or tube to -be-cut -is rested, and allowing the cutting disc or wheel to idle. doing this, I have succeeded in simplifying the construction of the machine, while *enabling it to: perform more effective cutting with less power. A featureof my arrangementresides in mounting the power motor-on-the frame with the rollers and coupling therollersdirectly with themotor. The cutter is in theform-of a-disc with a sharp cutting edge mounted on amovable frame above the powered rollers. Thecutting d-iscddles on its shaft or.pin-:so'that it is not in rotary motion until it is brought-down on the work-to be out. The work being cut is rotated by the-powered rollers on which it rests, which-causesthe cutter (to rotate on the work and thus to produce the cutting operation without-the application of .power to the cutter.

The forego ing and other f-eatures of my invention will be'better understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings of which:

fastened to the frame.

Fig 1 isa front elevationview of a cutting machine in accordance" with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine;

Fig. 3' is a cross-sectionview taken at line 3-3 of Fig. 2'; "and 7 "Fig.4 isf'a' partial view showing a detail in crosssection taken atlineA-lof Fig. 2. 7

Referring to the drawings,'the machine is'built on aframe I ordinarilyofa rigid metal such'as iron. On the 'frame' ismounted 'ahousing '2 having a pair of opposite side walls 3 arid"3a, respectively,' a front wan Want a rear Wall "5. supported within the'h'ousing'isa pair of'b'earings 6 and I, placed side 'by-sideinba-ck of the front wall; and the rearwallisprovided with'a pair of similar bearings "l'dcatedoppositethe respective bearings Band '1. A'pair ofshafts fl and 9 are journaled through the respective opposite pairs of bearings inthe'fi'dntand rear walls, and

there is fastened to ac'hsliafta' cylindrical roller, the two rollers beinghumhered' l0 and I I respectively. The parallel shaftsand the rollers are so spacedapa'rtthatthe cylindrical Walls of the rollers do not quite touch each other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.' To accommodate the rollers, the side wallsofthe e hous'ing have cut-outs as shown by the cut-outl z in wall '3. Theremain- 'der of the two sidefwalls'which are not atthe cut-out section are covered "by roof housing members f3 a'r'1dfl4 respectively, 'securedin place by respective bolts "|5,'andthese roof members serve tohold therespective front and. rear bearings in place against corresponding bearing sup- :frame. Rotation of the *motor-shaftfil by the motor thereby rotates the roller shafts 8'and 9 in the same direction so that the adjacent cylindrical surfaces of the two rollers-move in oppo site directions relative to each other as shown by the two arrows in Figs. land-3.

Alongside the electric motor there-is provided a yoke 24 which is fastened to the base at a footing 25 at oneside of the-motor and'at the other side of the motor is bolted bya bolt 26 set in a recess 21 to a leg-28 which is likewise securely The yoke or support M is bifurcated at the top to allow space for the end of a heavy arm or lever 29 between the -bifurcations, and the lever is -pivoted to the bifurcation by a pivot pin 30. I -he arm or lever 29 is constructed with a concave top-member 3! which turning of the pipand will cut into extends forwardly from the pivot to the front portion which curves downwardly so that the lever is in the form of a housing open underneath and enclosed by the top 3|, the forward portion 32 and respective sideportions 33 and 34.

Within the lever arm housing and nearits front end there is provided a shaft 35 WhiChTiS '1 journaled in bushing 36 and 31 fastened to the respective sides 33 and 34 of the housin'gso that 4 50, it will move the switch contacts into contact with each other to turn on the power to the motor to start the motor, But when the rack is in its normal down-position;the contacts are; open so that the motor will not .ru'ni Tlius,j-the ;motor is started by the operator pulling down on the operating lever 48 to press the cutting wheel against thepiecegbeingr cut. The operation of the pinion on therack under this condition will be to lift the shaft or spindle is free to rotatewithin its bushings. Attached to the shaft there is a cutting wheel 38 having a cutting edge 39,-and this cutter is located above the rollers I'O andul l as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

By this arrangement, theworkpieoeto be out, v.

, tubing. 40 (Fig 11 t e rollers 10 and H rfectly over the 'work which may length with. the cutting [whee power of the motor will corresp the pipe ortubin is brought'dojwn some pressure, the cutt uttingjwheel t b n w i'v f ri d the shear itoff.

For thepurpjos'e'fo V g dowri the cutting wheelfagainst the work,piece; there is provided a rack and pinionjarrai'ngeiriefitcomprising a rack 4| and a pinion To attach'the'pi 43 integral with; we 44' extending across the lever arm 291and 'nj 451ji's attached to'fthe lug 43 on which'ithe is'fk ye'd orotherwise att i hed to heih lj e din cu jference. The e end of a lever martenpin so that the racl ihayuridergo some-relative 55 motion in a vertical direction with respectjto the pm; In oriiei' itb hia thejraek; Bri any in its most downward ositiginfodthe pin,th'ere is provided a com'prssi'o m .iPaP e piece, so that' the tiihiiiie 'ei th iie ie s by} the g ingly' turn 50 42jmfounted on the lever. arm. u 7

pro ided a 1s V i d this wheel o es hii n r t is flilz i iidiee t.-

ring 52ft e u pelrjehd .1

ofwhich is testeajee's 'st tli el pin, and the lower 6 0 end of which is "re ted'egsih te' shou1deri53, at the base of the-yertical' slot" 54 of the rackjin which the spring is" st.='-*At1;h bottom o f therack there is attached 'a'jrod'BS p i a switch box 56 mitters tact.

The switchinaybe of a conventional tYpe such as 'a 'micro-switchiliavirig a movable switch arm with a contact membe fadapterftoiestablish con} tact with'enether; contact memhe'r to close the circuit through: e eetriesi leads an dj'ifl. Since such switchesjare well chews description will be; giver'illie' w H state that the arrangement is such which protrudes into m M11? Sw h 0 the rack "ispmied iipweimy relative topih subjected to or con terial adapted to" absor t we; t

'By the arrangem accordance the rack against the compression of the spring to turn on the switch and start the motor. 'In order t o holdlthe rack against, thepinion there is provided a roller 59 suitably attached to the'frame. c;

It.iS de i able.tombviqesn oi in 15E the gears in 'the housingf; 2 since-the 'gea are abl, tbr c'1ue.' The oiling pindle on shaft fifl rotatable armed at theiehd' ieiie' leaf 'ened within' the housingby a screw 62d, Thereis means coml f $i within a Journa sprin m mber a e at "e' 'cf fl en o the? s i id e at T ring or disc; these gbeing hujmbered-ffir" and 64 respectivelyg and th V are held against'the teeth of respective gear andf l9 by action' of the spring. According t a commonpractice the oil able felt or other m H o l from the oil wen space 65 within the'hous'ifig, and'ito carry th'oil ls' a'n 19. Oil'maY'be well through the 'oil {inlet With this arrangement, 't until it ehi'nes d 11' take no rnore discs may bemade of' opening 6 6 oil can be poured oil. I i,

In operatiom th' operator 'will' place the'pip'e ortube hich'is numbered"40,"arid"which is to he t e ouei as shown in on the'lever '48 until enough ressure is" e'ii'rtedtoiraise the rack il against the'tehsieri of the spri iei" This will ste ft the motor to rotate t er iersto and' u; thereby rotating the work-f piece afid "the cutting wheel 38; After sufiicient rotations in 'thisfmanner,

the cutter'iwillicut"through the pipe or tubei By my invent-tourn y revised an extremely efficient and siiii'iple'tool f6 cuttinghollow cylindrical members sucli'a's p pe or the;like,' whereby the power is readily appiieq to thefpowe'r rollers because the power motor is mounted'on the sa ine base as the roller sha'fts} 'Thisfresults in "a simplification' off the arrangement because it makes it unnecessaryto'moiint 'anypower motor on the movable lever arm containingfjthe cutting disc. n't; the powerds directly con eye to the pi e-t6 "cut "through at the enets 'onwhieh; itlr'es'tsfand the arm containing the cutter disc may be yery simply constructed. Owing to the fact that'ifi'dpdwr'is' applied through the cutter disc 'itself fsmce"the: cutter 'disdis merely an idler; it will set ers; a; clean cut and with relatively little'war' of the cutting" edge. MOdifififitiQQS of my inventio'ri may, of course, suggest themselvesto those skilledin thea'rt and the invention should "not Ice limited ex'eept in with the scope'o'f the appended claims. I claim: 7 V 1. A putter for cutting a :holloW; c l ndrical member comprising a pair of parallel qylindrical rollers spaced side by'side irr' rox'imity ,to each other so that the cylindrical member can be rested on both rollers, a p' ow erI motorcoupled with the rollers torotatethem in the same di-.

the rollers, a freely rotatable disc cutter mounted on the arm and adapted to make contact with the cylindrical member when the arm is pulled downward, so that the axes of the disc cutter and of the rollers are parallel, a rotatable pinion attached to the arm, and an upstanding rack mounted in relation to the rollers, the teeth of the pinion engaging the teeth of the rack, and means for rotating the pinion on the rack to force the arm down and thereby force the edge of the disc cutter into cutting contact with the cylindrical member.

2. A cutter according to claim 1 in which the power motor is provided with a starting switch having an operating arm, and the upstanding rack is attached to the switch arm so that when a pull is ap'plied to the rack by turning of the pinion, the starting motor will start, thereby turning the rollers.

3. A cutter-according to claim 2 in which the rack is connected with the switch arm through a spring.

4. A cutting tool for cutting a hollow cylindrical member, comprising a housing, a pair of horizontal parallel shafts journaled within the housing, a roller fastened to each shaft and spaced in proximity to each other, the housing being provided with cut-out portions to expose the upper portions of the rollers, power means for rotating the shafts in the same direction and thereby rotating the cylindrical member placed on the rollers, a movable arm in operating relation over the tops of the rollers, a disc cutter mounted on the arm and freely rotatable about a horizontal axis parallel to the axis of said rollers, so that the cutter is adapted to make contact with the top of the cylindrical member when the arm is brought down, said shafts being provided with gears within the housing which are geared to the power means, an oil well provided within the housing, and oil rings mounted within the housing in contact with the gears to dip into the oil well and carry the oil to the gears.

LOUIS QUIJADA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,042,998 Blackmore Oct. 29, 1912 1,765,208 Cunningham June 17, 1930 1,922,426 Fahrney Aug. 15, 1933 

